Series: Harold Lloyd Director: Alfred Goulding Producer: Hal Roach Titles: H.M. Walker Photography: Walter Lundin Editor: Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard Company: Pathé Exchange Released: 22 June 1919 Length: 1 reel Production No.: L-65 Filming dates: November 20 - December 2, 1918 Rating: 3/10

Off The Trolley

Bebe is in bed when her landlady (Dorothea Wolbert) comes in to wake her up - first by ringing a bell and then with firing a gun. Bebe gets dressed into her streetcar collector's uniform and heads off to work. Harold is posting a letter when Bebe comes along, removes his letter in order to post her own, which he then destroys. When a man (I think this is James Parrott) dumps some flowers in a garbage bin, Harold decides to takes them to Bebe but they are intercepted by Bud Jamison, who then hands them to Bebe. She realises the flowers are stale and protests. Bud goes after Harold and then enlists the help of a patrol cop who takes over. This leads to the cop pursuing Harold and hitting anything that moves! Harold is standing in the street when he is hit by Bebe's streetcar. After conning his way on board, Harold then finds himself running behind it after rescuing Sammy Brooks whom he has kicked off. They get back on board where Sammy is totally abused by other passengers! Along the way the streetcar is brought to a stop by two bandits who fire their guns and hold it up. The passengers quickly escape through the window holes (which have absolutely no glass in them!) Harold saves the day when he whacks the bad guys (Noah Young and Bud Jamison) over their heads with a mallet. He, Bebe and Snub get back on board and continue the journey, where Snub decides it's the right time to suddenly go to sleep whilst at the controls, and Harold grabs hold of Bebe in the back. Yes.

Favourite bit It's just after this scene where the streetcar hits Harold in the middle of the street, knocking him to the kerb. He rolls over casually before sitting upright and then smoking a cigarette.

Trivia • Copyrighted April 12, 1919. • Reiussed September 3, 1922. • The 64th film in the series. • That's right Harold, you grab a hold of Bebe's breast and make it look like it was accidental! Screenshot here. My opinion • What can I say? It's Harold Lloyd.

	Harold Lloyd Harold
	Bebe Daniels Streetcar collector
	Snub Pollard Streetcar conductor
	Dorothea Wolbert Landlady
	James Parrott Man who dumps flowers/ Policeman
	Bud Jamison Well-dressed man
	Lew Harvey Policeman
	Wallace Howe Deaf streetcar passenger
	Gus Leonard Innocent man hit by cops
	Hazel Powell Passenger with knitting needles
	Sammy Brooks Short passenger
	James Fitzgerald Tall passenger
	Dee Lampton Fat passenger
	Noah Young Bandit
	William Peterson Policeman
	Billy Fay [?]
	Marie Mosquini [?]
	E.J. Ritter [?]
	Chase Thorne [?]
	Elsie Mesnico [?]
	Ruth Morris [?]
	Catherine Surtees [?]
	Fred Newmeyer [?]
	E. Brennecke [?]

SHOT ON LOCATION (click any image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) Dave Glass (footage) Jesse Brisson (identification of Lew Harvey, William Peterson, Hazel Powell, Dee Lampton, James Parrott as the cop) This page was last updated on: 12 June 2021